Discuss anything and everything related to the Transformers Live Action Films franchise, which are directed by Michael Bay. Transformers 3 is scheduled to be released on July 1st, 2011. Check out our Live Action Film section here.

Please show the robots for more than 20 minutes of the two hour movie. Keep the F$^*ing camera still so we can see the robots, which is why we came to the movie.

While I agree with this sentiment, I have to point out that this was actually a very clever move by Bay to have giant robot action while keeping costs down. Remember, he only had a $150 mill budget (I can't believe I just said "ONLY $150 mill"). Still shots and sustained time would probably have cost a ton more out of the budget. Now, with a successful movie under his belt and a likely significant budget increase, we can see more of those still shots and more robots. The way the movie ended was set up for a moderately successful movie as well as a blockbuster movie; if it had done moderately well, they would have found out in the second movie they were the only Transformers left and we wouldn't see many more bots at all. In the case of it being a blockbuster, Cybertronians would begin converging on Earth- as they obviously are doing now in what we've heard- as they would have a bigger budget to spend so they could throw more bots at us. Also a post movie study found that the movie-goers identified with the vehicles/robots more than they did the humans, which is the way it should be. By writing minimally invasive and shallow human characters they really (and maybe inadvertently) diverted the attention away from the humans (excecpt for Meghan Fox's gorgeous abs....yowza!), resulting in moviegoers being more attached to the bots than the humans. Whether they did this on purpose is up for debate....

The problem I have here is that the way I understood Cybertron's Vector Prime is that he was a character that can exist anywhere in the Transformers multiverse. Wouldn't that include the movieverse?

Skowl wrote:Funny how everyone is assuming the "geriatric robot" is an Autobot... nothing says it isn't a Decepticon - though the chances are slim, it's still a possibility.

Not that I actually seeing it actually happening (like Skowl said the chances of it are slim), but realistically this is a very good point.

Right now I'm just happy we're talking sequel at all. (Thanks, writer's union, for ending the strike.)

My vote for the HOF goes to my favorite Transformer, Kup, to the Headmasters (who still need new figures that aren't just the characters without their master components) and to seibertron.com for for being the ultimate TF resource.

You can try Merriam-Webster.com or Dictionary.com if you're ever stuck:

Merriam-Webster.com wrote:Main Entry: ge·ri·at·ric Function: noun Date: 1909 1plural but sing in constr : a branch of medicine that deals with the problems and diseases of old age and aging people - compare gerontology2: an aged person

Please show the robots for more than 20 minutes of the two hour movie. Keep the F$^*ing camera still so we can see the robots, which is why we came to the movie.

Wow. You mean to tell me that you couldnt see the robots when they where fighting or on screen? UHHHHH OOOOOOOOOOOOOK. Well when you fight things move really fast sometimes and thats what we call physics. I saw every single move and hit etc. More robot screen time = more money. And with the "PRODUCT PLACEMENT" thats so many people complained about (which i find as no problem for companys to put there products in movies) They paid for there name brand in the film which means more money which means more robots and more screen time in part 2. BAY, keep doing what your doing. You RULE!!!!!!!!!!!!

The problem I have here is that the way I understood Cybertron's Vector Prime is that he was a character that can exist anywhere in the Transformers multiverse. Wouldn't that include the movieverse?

That's true. Vector Prime would make sense from a familiarity standpoint to for the masses- not necessarily us geeks. We KNOW who Alpha Trion is but if you ask some of the younger TF fans they probably wouldn't know Alpha Trion from a manhole cover. But...Vector Prime is familiar with a lot of the target demographics thanks to TF: Cybertron.

Skowl wrote:I say Brakedown/Breakdown, since Hasbro owns the trademark on that name and the younger audience will remember his character from TF: Cybertron.

I disagree. Remember, technically the Alternator Deadend should have been Breakdown, but no car company in their right mind will allow their cars to be used for a character with that name. I expect Alpha Trion or a completely new character.

Or he could just be a generic, unlicensed car... like a beat-up junkyard car, patched-together from old vehicle parts. Fits the name and the character, but no licensing needed!

Skowl wrote:Transformers Movie director Michael was present, alongside other creators who worked on the film, during a VFX Technology presentation on the Sony Movie lot. Michael Bay spoke about the upcoming Transformers Movie sequel, and how the film was prepared in case of a prolonged writers strike (which will now no longer be a cause of delay for the film, as the strike ended last night).

Of note is Bay making mention of the writers returning, and a story that will see deeper robot characters as well as a "geriatric robot"